Rummy's not hip to the interweb

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Or at least email.

He thinks it's dangerous not to use it....

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States lags dangerously behind al Qaeda and other enemies in getting out information in the digital media age and must update its old-fashioned methods, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday.

Modernization is crucial to winning the hearts and minds of Muslims worldwide who are bombarded with negative images of the West, Rumsfeld told the Council on Foreign Relations.

The
Pentagon chief said today's weapons of war included e-mail, Blackberries, instant messaging, digital cameras and Web logs, or blogs.

"Our enemies have skillfully adapted to fighting wars in today's media age, but ... our country has not adapted," Rumsfeld said.
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He's got advice about it.............

Feb. 15, 2006 - The business world and government departments depend upon it, grade-school kids are taught how to use it and Osama bin Laden’s followers have become skilled practitioners. But congressional investigations of government responses to Hurricane Katrina have revealed that two of the nation’s key crisis managers, the secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security, do not use e-mail.More...........

Rumsfeld apparently has strong opinions on how to e-mail and keep an inbox clean, according to the Ottawa Citizen:

Mr.Rumsfeld was giving advice on time management to his staff, and the major item was the e-mail in-box. His advice was to stay on top of it, but he also explained how.

The trick is apparently to remember "your own agenda." The letters to answer are the ones that offer an opportunity to advance it. The letters to ignore are the many that don't. And ignore means ignore, as ruthless means ruthless.

Unfortunately, the article -- David Warren, "Me, myself and e-mail," The Ottawa Citizen,

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But he just ain't gonna do it.....

Feb. 15, 2006 - The business world and government departments depend upon it, grade-school kids are taught how to use it and Osama bin Laden’s followers have become skilled practitioners. But congressional investigations of government responses to Hurricane Katrina have revealed that two of the nation’s key crisis managers, the secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security, do not use e-mail.
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I agree with Rummy.
Especially in this case with the mid-east. Propaganda, or news flow over there is a
crucial tool to make some people understand a better way.